Movies like Aurora 2010
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Aurora (2010)
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Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France, Switzerland, Germany
Duration: 181 min.
Story:
An apartment kitchen: a man and a woman discuss Little Red Riding Hood, their voices hushed, mindful of waking the little girl sleeping next room. Waste land on the city outskirts: behind a line of abandoned trailers, the man silently watches what seems to be a family. The same city, the same man: driving through traffic with two hand-made firing pins for a hunting rifle. The man is 42 years old, his name - Viorel. Troubled by obscure thoughts, he drives across the city to a destination known only to him.
Style:
psychological, tense, bleak, serious, sincere, realistic, enigmatic, contemplative
Plot:
murder, midlife crisis, family relations, losing-it hero, parents and children, factory worker, unfulfillment, post apocalypse, artist, railway, alienation, life is a bitch, revenge, depression, female nudity, puzzle, divorce, domestic violence, suburbs, police station, ex wife, confession, bureaucracy, nude, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
romania, europe, bucharest
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, psychological and contemplative films with plots about family relations, parents and children, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, female nudity, family problems and nude mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Aurora: Angel's Fall (2004), 90 Minutes (2012), Early One Morning (2011), The Hawk Is Dying (2006), Lost Song (2008). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama
Country: Greece, Turkey
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Zeynep, Tülin Özen works in a hotel as a housekeeper. But she suffers hell on earth because of her father's behavior. She only talks to Mustafa, 'Engin Dogan' who works in the same hotel and he is interested in Zeynep. She is not ...
Style:
psychological, touching, sincere, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
destiny, parents and children, family problems, love and romance, dull life, life is a bitch, death in the family, women's issues, alienation, chance, sexual content, society ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Director Eva Sørhaug (Cold Lunch) reveals the rage and violence lurking beneath seemingly tranquil domesticity in her bold and uncompromising sophomore feature.
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tense, disturbing, bleak, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, violence spree, domestic disturbance, divorce, domestic violence, graphic violence, breaking point, under the surface, murder, rape, suicide ...
Time:
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Place:
norway, europe
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86%
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Monday morning. Paul Wertret, 50, heads off to his job as a manager at the International Credit and Trade Bank. He arrives at 8 o'clock on the dot, as usual. He enters a meeting room, takes out a gun and kills two of his bosses. Then he locks ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, sincere, non-linear ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, introspection, unlikely criminals, workplace, rivalry, workplace situations, road not taken, boss and employee, murder, suicide, bus, unfulfillment ...
Time:
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Place:
europe, france
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78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Gainesville Florida auto upholsterer (Giamatti) attempts to subvert his mundane life by training a wild, red-tailed hawk.
Style:
serious, psychological, realistic, bleak, gloomy
Plot:
hawk, obsession, mentally challenged, family problems, family relations, supportive spouse, midlife crisis, losing-it hero, parents and children, death in the family, uncle nephew relationship, kids and family ...
Time:
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Place:
florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Pierre and Elisabeth, a couple in their thirties, move with their baby into a cottage on a lake for the summer. The setting is idyllic, and the couple’s happiness seems within reach. Every day, Pierre goes to work in the city while Elisabeth ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, serious, sentimental, bleak ...
Plot:
couple relations, pregnancy, family problems, family relations, couples, mentally unstable, babies and infants, unfulfillment, losing-it hero, introspection, parents and children, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany
Duration: 175 min.
Story:
The story of a young couple who live in a small town with their four-year-old daughter. The husband is so caught up in his work as a policeman that he gradually becomes increasingly alienated from his wife and daughter who become ever closer to one ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, sexy ...
Plot:
accident, family problems, couple relations, couples, family relations, unfulfillment, crumbling marriage, small town, parents and children, police officer, mother daughter relationship, domestic violence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany
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65%
Genre: Drama
Country: Iceland, Norway, UK, Germany
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
What could be better than knowing your future? And what could be worse? A love-filled childhood abruptly ends when catastrophe descends. A catastrophe that the child had foreseen yet failed to act upon.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
small town, haunted by the past, childhood trauma, life is a bitch, unlikely couple, life turned upside down, midlife crisis, unfulfillment, young love, childhood memory, village, village life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, iceland
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, France
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Frank and Simone have fulfilled a dream and live with their two children in a row house in the suburbs. They are a happy couple, until the day Frank is diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. The family is suddenly confronted with death.
Style:
realistic, captivating, serious, emotional, touching ...
Plot:
family relations, hospital, family life, unfulfillment, suburbs, family problems, life is a bitch, dealing with death, family in crisis, cancer, illness, male nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
germany, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Juliette was simply not sure about coming to live in this residential suburb of the greater Paris metropolitan area. All the women here are in their forties, have children to raise, houses to keep and husbands who return home late at night.Today she ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
suburbs, murder, relationship vs career, family life, social relations, family relations, friends, couples, suburban life, couple relations, parents and children, suspense ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
A dark tale of working-class life in Marseilles, a city in crisis. Interesting characters include a hard-bitten but compassionate fish market worker with a drug addicted daughter and a moody bartender with a shocking secret life.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, bleak, disturbing ...
Plot:
family relations, drug abuse, life is a bitch, assassination, couple relations, working class, parents and children, unemployment, love and romance, immigrants, society, addiction ...
Time:
90s
Place:
marseille, provence, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, psychological, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family problems, breakup, parents and children, life is a bitch, couples, downfall, unfulfillment, down on your luck, job seeking, adultery, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy, rome italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Duct tape, electrical cables, trigger, explosives. Sebbe never planned to build a bomb. It just happened. Sebbe is 15 years old and lives with his mother in an apartment that is too narrow. He does his best. He never strikes back. Sebbe loves his ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, psychological, serious, mind bending ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
single parent, coming of age, teenage boy, teenage life, introspection, family relations, parents and children, escape from reality, society, youth, life is a bitch, juvenile delinquency ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
sweden, europe, eastern europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 68 min.
Story:
On the outskirts of civilisation, three young women, Magalie, Marie-Steph and Barbara live a desperate life together. Drowning in alcohol, they both lust for and hate one another, coupling like animals. Yet gradually they become enmeshed in a ...
Style:
tense, psychological, disturbing, serious, surreal ...
Plot:
murder, manipulation, femme fatale, destructive relationship, lifestyle, dishonesty, human nature, life is a bitch, family relations, couples, female psychopath, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
On a dairy farm in the Eastern Townships, in the middle of a drought and while the land is parching, a drama will disrupt the life of the Santerre family. Confronted to each other they will have to learn to forgive.
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, gloomy ...
Plot:
death in the family, family problems, parents and children, family business, estrangement, family relations, life is a bitch, down on your luck, voyeurism, forgiveness, gay, lgbtq ...
Time:
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Place:
canada, quebec
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Genre: Drama
Country: Vietnam, France, Germany
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In an old house in Hanoi, Bi, a 6-year-old child lives with his parents, his aunt and their cook. His favorite playgrounds are an ice factory and the wild grass along the river. After being absent for years, his grandfather, seriously ill, reappears ...
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, touching, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
childhood, dysfunctional family, family life, youth, crumbling marriage, life is a bitch, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, estrangement, family problems, alcohol abuse, grandfather grandson relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
asia, vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Argentina, France, Netherlands, Germany, Spain
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A sailor takes a short leave to visit his hometown and see if his mother is still alive.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, psychological, captivating, road movie ...
Plot:
sailor, homecoming, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, alcoholic, society, alcohol abuse, life is a bitch, unfulfillment, hopes, family problems ...
Time:
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Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Bulgaria
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
Two nine-year-old girls report a flasher to the police even though they never saw him. Three filmmakers meet the only residents of a deserted village - an elderly brother and sister who have not spoken to each other in 16 years. Retired cleaning ...
Style:
realistic, disturbing, captivating, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
murder, introspection, elderly, parents and children, rapist, society, family relations, estrangement, gender, relationships, small town life, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Ukraine, Netherlands
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A routine run for a truck driver turns into a nightmare he can’t escape in this psychological drama from filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa. Georgy (Viktor Nemets) is driving a load of freight into Russia when, after an unpleasant encounter with the police ...
Style:
road movie, disturbing, realistic, serious, tense ...
Plot:
losing-it hero, murder, life is a bitch, social relations, disorder, nothing goes right, human nature, countryside, on the road, suicide, mental disorder, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia, ussr
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Argentina
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
During a stopover in Buenos Aires on her way to Chile, 31-year-old Maria recognizes a nursery rhyme. Maria doesn't speak a work of Spanish, but without understanding what she is singing, she remembers the Spanish lyrics. Disturbed and thrown ...
Style:
realistic, psychological, captivating, sentimental, sincere ...
Plot:
self discovery, redemption, uncover truth, protecting from truth, haunted by the past, parents and children, adoption, family relations, life is a bitch, society, hopes, strong female presence ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
argentina, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Slovenia
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Burdened by memories of their late father, three sisters struggle to escape the suffocating environment of the dying town of Veles. A contemporary story of urban decay, „Jas sum od Titov Veles“ employs a stark realism to depict the vivid ...
Style:
touching, sincere, realistic, serious, gloomy ...
Plot:
adult virgin, introspection, social decay, daydreamer, society, family relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, life is a bitch, small town, contamination, sexual content ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
macedonia
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A South African spinster (Jane Birkin) murders her father (Trevor Howard) after he rapes the wife of the black foreman for his plantation.
Style:
realistic, serious, atmospheric, bleak, emotional ...
Plot:
murder, minimal dialogue, loneliness, rape, rape and revenge, life is a bitch, society, boss and employee, obsession, workplace, sexual abuse, interracial relations ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
A tale of an occidental merchant, Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
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Place:
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45%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.
Style:
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Plot:
family relations, old age, elderly, artist, world war two, introspection, human nature, hopes, unfulfillment, golden years, on the road, family life ...
Time:
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Place:
rome italy, italy, sicily, florence, europe
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44%
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Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Sylvie is a hooker whose illegitimate daughter commits a crime. She and her daughter flee to find Sylvie's first love in the countryside. The daughter is trying to get to know her unwilling mother. Along the way, the two meet a male fugitive ...
Style:
tense, serious, psychological, realistic, rough ...
Plot:
prostitution, prostitute, family relations, on the run, starting over, death in the family, family problems, estrangement, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Country: Israel, Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A family man becomes obsessed with looking at his own life out of context.
Style:
serious, psychological, sincere, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
introspection, couple relations, obsession, midlife crisis, family life, couples, family relations, hopes, husband wife relationship, surrealism, lie, routine ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east, tel aviv israel
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Genre: Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A custodian in a housing project discovers that a naked, mute woman he found in one of his apartments has miraculous healing powers.
Style:
serious, disturbing, psychological, realistic, bleak ...
Plot:
father son relationship, unfulfillment, sexual relations, sexual content, life is a bitch, older man younger woman sex, older man young girl relationship, age difference, hot and sexy, nude, female nudity, mute or deaf ...
Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Style:
psychological, touching, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
psychiatrist, parent child relationship, estrangement, family problems, dysfunctional family, power relations, family relations, doctors and patients, clinic, mental institution, parents and children, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, Luxembourg, France
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
A tale of deliverance. Laura, 27 years old, lives alone in the outskirts of a large town. She learns that her father is in a coma, after a serious car accident. She decides to visit him at the hospital as a last opportunity to settle old scores, ...
Style:
realistic, serious, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
hospital, introspection, haunted by the past, hopes, family relations, estrangement, dysfunctional family, father daughter relationship, revenge, family secret, car accident, life is a bitch ...
Time:
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Place:
belgium, europe
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41%
Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Style:
experimental, atmospheric, realistic, psychological, serious ...
Plot:
family relations, human nature, dull life, unfulfillment, siblings relations, death wish, dealing with death, sexual content, disability, human rights, urban setting, urban
Time:
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Place:
europe, italy, holland, amsterdam
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40%
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania, France
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
clever, sincere, realistic, serious, thought provoking ...
Plot:
female nudity, filmmaking, postmodernism, dishonesty, sexual relations, screenwriter, theater, nude, manipulation, under the surface, artists and showbiz, discussion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
bucharest, romania
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40%
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